Roll stand bearing gauge



June 27, 1944.

A. M. GUILLET 2,352,535

ROLL STAND BEARING GAUGE Filed Dec. 11', 194s )4 #17. Guille? PatentedJune 27, 1944 UNITED STATESPATENT oFFlcls:

' I RoLL STAND BEARING GAUGE Albert M. Guillet,v Charlotte, N. C.

Application December 11, 1943, Serial No. 513,904

(ci. .3s- 171) This invention relates to a gauge for gaugingA 4 Claims.

the bearings in roll stands such as roll stands for spinning andtwisting frames and in fact any kind of drawing,-twisting, or spinningmachinery,

chines equipped with a plurality of roll stands disposed along anelongated frame which sometimes is forty or more feet in length. Onthese fames are disposed a plurality of aligned roll stands havingbearings in their upper surfaces which are adapted to receive elongatedrolls and to serve as supports for the same While these rolls inassociation with top rolls are employed through which fibers such asslivers, rovings, and the like, are passed. It is necessary from time totime to align these roll stands and to see that the bottoms of thebearings are of the proper height from the roll stand beam, so that theelongated roll will be in perfect alignment from end to end; otherwise,faulty yarns will be produced, and undue wear of the machine willresult.k

It is an object of this invention to provide a roll stand bearing gaugeAwhereby the bottom of the bearing can be gauged to determine if it isthe proper height from the roll stand beam on which the roll stands arelocated, said gauge having a laterally adjustable member and saidlaterally adjustable member having a vertically adjustable memberthereon 'with the vertically adjustable member having a memberdetachably secured thereto, and provided with a spring pressed graduatedplunger for vengaging the bot-l tom of the bearing when the apparatus isdisposed alongside the bearing to determine as to whether or not thebearing is the proper distance from the roll stand beam on which theroll stand is located. When one roll standbearing has been determined tobe of the proper height, then the gauge can be left set as it is, and'can be moved from one roll stand bearing to another along the entiremachine to see that all of the bearings are of the proper height abovethe roll stand beam.

It is another object of this invention to provide a laterally andvertically adjustable gauge having a laterally adjustable arm securedthereon with the arm being provided with a vertically movable graduatedand spring-pressed plunger for gauging the height of a given surfacefrom the space on which the gauge member is disposed.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objectswill appear as the description proceeds, when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a roll standfor a spinning or twisterframe showing my invention associated therewith;

Y Figure 2 is an elevation of the structure shown in Figure 1, andlooking towards the left of the right-hand side thereof with a portionof the roll stand bearing being broken away; f.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view of the upper portion of the gaugeappearing in Figure 1, and showing portions thereof broken away;

, Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 4-4 inFigure 2;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the upper end of the gauge after the topcap member having the spring-pressed plunger therein has been removedfrom the gauge.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the numeral I0 indicates aroll stand beam on which a plurality of roll stands I I are mounted.These roll stands have bearings I3, I4, and II5 forthe reception of thebottom rolls, as employed in drawing, twisting, and spinning machinery.The gauge member for gauging the height of the bottom of the bearingsI3, I4, and I5 above the roll stand beam I0 comprises a base member I1,having a member l'slidably mounted in a T-shaped groove in the lowerside of the base member, the member I8 having a downwardly directedplate 20 secured thereon Which is adapted to t against the outer edge ofthe roll beam I0. The member I8 can be adjusted longitudnally of thebaseV I'I by means of a set screw 2l threadably mounted 1n the member I8and adapted to contact the base member I'I to hold the member I8 inadjusted position. The upper surface of the base member I1 hasa T-shapedgroove 25 therein in which a lower end of a threaded shank 26 is adaptedto have sliding movement. A nut 21 is threadably secured on the threadedshank 26 which can be tlghtened to hold the threaded shank 26 inadjusted position along the T-shaped groove 25. The threaded shank 26has also threadably mounted thereon a barrel 3D, and this barrel 3U canbe tightened and'held in adjusted position by means of a nut 3|threadably mounted on the threaded shank 26. The upper end of the barrel30, as shown in Figure 5 has a central projection 33 with a center dot34 thereon so that the gauge can be used in aligning the bottom of thebearings of the roll stands when a wire is stretched from end to end ofthe frames through the bearings and the upper surface of the barrel 30is slid along the roll stand beam with the plate 20 engaging the edge ofthe beam, and the wire should pass the central portion of the upper faceof the barrel 3S at all places; otherwise, the frame and bearings areout of alignment. This gauge can also be used as above-recited forgauging the distance of the bottom of the roll stand bearings above theroll stand beam I0.

The upper end of the barrel 30 may have detachably secured thereover acap member 40 which is releasably secured to the upper end of the barrelmember 30 by means of a set screw 4I. through in which is adjustablymounted a rod The cap 40 has a. transverse bore theretherethrough, a rodadjustably mounted in said bore, the free end of the rod having asubstantially vertically disposed member having a longitudinal boretherethrough, a plunger slidably mounted in the last-named bore, aspring for normally pressing the plunger downwardly to 42 which can beadjusted in any desired position' by means of a set screw 43. The rod 42has on its outer end a substantially vertically disposed barrel member44 which has `slidably mounted therein a plunger 45 which has anenlarged end 45 at its lower end, as well as at its upper end"v gaugecan be picked up and placed in position alongside another roll stand onthe frame progressively down the frame and if the lower head 46 fails totouch the lowermost surface of the bearing, then this roll stand must beYelevated slightly in order to cause the bearing to be in alignment withthe bearings in the other roll stands. stand beam Ill, then the plunger44 will be moved upwardly against its compression spring 41 and thegraduations 48 on the upper end of the plunger 45 will indicate as 'tohow far the bearing surface is elevated beyond what it should 4be andadjustment of the bearing is in order. In this way, the gauge can beplaced alongside the bearing and transferred quickly from one roll standto another, and the operator can look down from above into the rollstand bearing, and see that the gauge is contacted properly orimproperly, and make notations and have corrections made accordingly.

In the drawing and speciiication, there has been set `forth a preferredembodiment of the invention, and although specic terms are ernployed,they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not forpurposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being deined in theclaims.

I claim:

1. In gauge for gauging the distance of bearings in a roll stand abovethe roll stand beam of a twisting, spinning, or like machine, a basemember having a guide member slidably mounted therein, said guide memberhaving a downturned lip at one end adapted to engage the'outer edge ofthe roll stand beam, said base member having a longitudinally disposedgroove in its upper surface, an uprising member slidably mounted in thegroove, a nut threadably secured on the uprising member for conning theuprising member in adjusted positionalong the groove, a barrel memberthreadablymounted on theuprising member, a cap member releasably securedon the upper end of the barrel member, said cap member having atransversely disposed bore If the bearing is too high above the rollengage the bottom portion of a bearing in a roll stand and the like.

2. A gauge for leveling and aligning the bearings in roll stands intextile machines, such as spinning frames, twisting frames, and thelike, said gauge compising a base member having a longitudinallydisposed groove in its lower surface, a member having a lip on one endthereof slidably mounted in said groove, means for conningthe slidablemember in adjusted position in said groove, the lip on the outer end ofthe slidable member being adapted to engage the outeredge of a rollstand beam, said memebr vhaving a longitudinally disposed groove in itsupper surface, an uprising threaded member having its lower end slidablymounted in said last-named groove, a lock nut threadedly mounted on theuprising member for confining the uprising member in adjusted 'positionin the lastnamed groove, a barrel member threadably mounted on the upperend of the uprising member and having an upwardly projecting portion inthe central portion thereof adapted to serve as agauge for gauging awire or the like which is passed through the bearings of a `plurality ofthe roll stand members.

3. In a gauge for gauging the positions of the lower surface of abearing in a roll stand relative to the roll stand beam, comprising abase member having a longitudinally slidable member in its lower surfaceprovided with a downturned lip at onev end adapted to engage one edge oithe roll stand beam on which the rroll stand rests, the upper surface ofsaid base member having a groove therein, an uprising member slidablymounted in said groove, means for conning the uprising member inadjustedposition in the groove on the upper surface of the base member,a vertically adjustable member on the uprising member having a centralprojection on its upper end adapted to serve as a gauge relative to aline passing through the bearings of a plurality of separated roll standmembers.

4. In a gauge for'gauging the height of the bottom portions of thebearings in roll stands relative to the roll stand beam on which theroll stands are mounted, comprising a base member maving a guide memberadjustable relative thereto and provided with a downturned lip forengaging the outer edge of the roll stand beam, the upper end of thebase member having an uprising mem-ber. vslidably mounted therein withmeans en the uprising member for conning the uprising member in adjustedposition relative to the base member, the upper end of the uprisingmember having threadably secured thereona barrel member, a capreleasably secured t0 the upper end of the barrel member and having alaterally projecting arm, said arm being provided with a slidableplunger with compression means for normally forcing the plungerdownwardly towards a bearing when the gauge member is disposed on a rollstand beam at one side of the roll stand member.

ALBERT M. GUILLET.

